Luis Hernan Miguel de Oviedo

Luis Hernan Miguel de Oviedo (19 April 1775-2 June 1814) was a gaucho from the plains of Venezuela who was one of the Royalist commanders during the South American Wars of Liberation. In 1811 he was defeated by Simon Bolivar at the Battle of Casa Antigua.

Biography
Miguel was born to an Asturian family from the city of Oviedo, who had moved to Caracas, Venezuela. Miguel became a landowner (gaucho) who owned a plantation at Casa Maribel near Caracas, and was grateful to the government of Spain for his lands. When rebellions started across South America in 1811, he remained loyal and led Royalists in a war against the rebels who declared the Venezuelan Republic. At the Battle of Casa Antigua, he was defeated by Simon Bolivar in November 1811, and Miguel was forced to move out of the plains with his army. He rejoined the Spanish when Domingo de Monteverde led a Royalist reaction that put down the republic in 1812, but was killed in 1814.